Ubet, WI—“We’ll be ready to give voters the best options in 2024,” said the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin (LPWI) Press Office, following the state party convention in Milwaukee on Saturday, April 15th. “Voters absolutely want a change from the bipartisan dysfunction currently in control of their government. To all Wisconsin citizens, we say, ‘Let’s go! Follow us!’”
Electing its new Executive Committee, under a new chair, Stephen Ecker of Iola, WI, the LPWI convention also passed several important resolutions. One resolution denounced attempts by any governmental body to stop, control, censor or punish public access to the freedom of information, to information platforms, or the natural right to free speech, if such information and speech does NOT harm anyone or steal from them.
The Free Speech Resolution responded to pending legislation in the US Congress, called the RESTRICT Act, that would allow government control or banning of any online platform or content deemed, in loosely defined protocols determined solely by the government, as dangerous. Notably written in regards to the Chinese-owned media app TikTok, the legislation has earned the nickname of the “PATRIOT Act 2.0,” referring to the government’s covert surveillance and enforcement laws following the 9/11/01 terrorist acts.
Also at the LPWI convention, member Phil Anderson announced his Wisconsin campaign for the United States Senate in 2024. Anderson, a resident of Middleton, WI, said he believes that Libertarians need to keep “ramming” at the gates of the monopoly politics which controls the government. Noting his theme of “Disrupt the Corruption,” Anderson vowed to run a vigorous, funded effort, and will seek the party endorsement at its next annual convention in one year’s time.
For more on the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin, please visit www.lpwi.org .